The Political Graveyard: Steele County, Minn.

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Steele County
Minnesota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Steele County

Index to Locations

Meriden St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery

Owatonna Forest Hill Cemetery

Owatonna Sacred Heart Cemetery

St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery
Meriden, Steele County, Minnesota

Politicians buried here:

John W. Boock (1881-1960) — of New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.; Gibbon, Sibley County, Minn. Born in Lafayette Township, Nicollet County, Minn., January 19, 1881. Son of John H. Boock and Marie (Kiehn) Boock. Bookkeeper; banker; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 15th District, 1917-18. Died April 3, 1960 (age 79 years, 75 days). Interment at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married, May 5, 1909, to Willa Naegeli.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917

Forest Hill Cemetery
Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota

Politicians buried here:

Mark Hill Dunnell (1823-1904) — also known as Mark H. Dunnell — of Norway, Oxford County, Maine; Owatonna, Steele County, Minn. Born in Buxton, York County, Maine, July 2, 1823. Son of Samuel Dunnell and Achsah H. Dunnell. Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1854; member of Maine state senate, 1855; Maine superintendent of common schools, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856 (member, Credentials Committee); U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1861-62; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 11th District, 1867; Minnesota superintendent of public instruction, 1867-70; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1871-83, 1889-91; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1892. Died in Owatonna, Steele County, Minn., August 9, 1904 (age 81 years, 38 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married, November 20, 1850, to Sarah A. Parrington.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Harvey Hull Johnson (1808-1896) — Born in West Rutland, Rutland County, Vt., September 7, 1808. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1853-55; mayor of Owatonna, Minn., 1867. Died February 4, 1896 (age 87 years, 150 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

E. H. Kennedy (c.1840-1878) — of Houston County, Minn. Born about 1840. Member of Minnesota state senate 10th District, 1859-60; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 13th District, 1867. Died, of pneumonia, in May, 1878 (age about 38 years). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.

Sacred Heart Cemetery
Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota

Politicians buried here:
	Thomas E. Cashman — of Owatonna, Steele County, Minn. Democrat. Member of Minnesota state senate 8th District, 1907-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1912 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1924, 1928. Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.

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